What Does Motion To Suppress Mean In DUI Case?
Reader’s Question:
We heard about this suppression motion that can be filed on a DUI case and we really don’t understand what it means. So, what does suppression motion mean? Maybe it would help a lot in my father’s DUI case here in Bowie, Maryland.
Zoraida
Bowie, MD
Suppressible evidence can be defined as evidence that is obtained by illegal means, in bad faith and could not be introduced in a criminal trial. A great example of this is that if your father was arrested in Bowie, Maryland because of DUI but at an illegal DUI checkpoint. The evidence from him may be excluded even if that evidence showed that his blood alcohol content (BAC) was above the legal limit.
In any DUI case, motion to suppress usually address issues such as probable cause for the stop, the results (and administration) of the chemical tests used to determine BAC, results of all field sobriety tests, any statements made by the defendant, or some combination of all of the above. Moreover, the procedures of the BAC tests could give rise to a suppression motion, such as situations where the proper procedures were not believed to have been followed. In DUI cases like these, evidence obtained as a result of the suppressed test would also be suppressed, such as observations that occurred during the administration of the test, or confessions made during the test’s administration.
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